It worked well. But only with Amazon AppStore apps, so nothing useful

Does anyone here know the status of gnome for phones? I'd like to do something like that but only when gnome's ready

It's still software support. Yes, there are many great alternatives, but not being able to use apps like everyone and not being aplble to keep the apps you have is just too complicated for many

Windows Explorer..

Motorola is good but their camera can do some work. Otherwise those phones are great too. OnePlus 12 also just came out and has a great price to performance ratio

Both of these have very good battery life